Not-So Picture Perfect
My mother and I worked hard and waited months, with the help from an Etsy store, to make a poster of a song my father loves. The poster had all the lyrics from “My Man” by Lynn Anderson, as well as a picture of them on their wedding day. My mom wanted to dedicate it to my father and give it to him to show how much she cares.
Anyway, we all opened presents last night and are so excited for my dad to see our gift. The minute he opened it, I knew something was wrong. He smiles but doesn’t say anything. Then, hours later, my mother comes into my room bawling her eyes out. Apparently, my father said, “I hate it. It looks like a kindergartener wrote it. I felt disrespected as soon as I saw it.” I was livid, and confronted him by asking “Why do you hate it?” and he says the same thing.
He then tells me to go screw off and not ask him for anything ever again. The next thing we heard was the poster being ripped from the frame, and I found it ripped to pieces. My mom ripped it up in anger and sadness, and she also ripped up their wedding photo on the poster. So once again, another Christmas down the drain because of my awful dad. ~ SanguineFan